Monthly Archives: November 2014

by Raji Singh I brew up stump juice with the passion of an oenologist. That’s a fancy-schmanzy name for a winemaker. As with the nectar of the vine, there are endless styles and varieties of the juice-de- stumpe. To make … Continue reading →

By Raji Singh We at the Fiction House wish you the best of Thanksgivings! Here is a bit of our whimsical past. The Ancient Mariner, the scruffy sea salt who raised my great-great grandfather, told this curious holiday story. It’s … Continue reading →

by Mark Rogers This past weekend, on the campus of a University near Kansas City, I observed ecstatic adults exiting a conference hall. Why such passionate vibrancy? The varsity footballers hadn’t won that afternoon. The Royals barely lost the World … Continue reading →

by Raji Singh Fiction House’s internationally renowned and imitated business endeavor of the 1890’s, ‘Engage a Bovine’: It all started when my Russian immigrant Great Grandmother Shelva Fiction queried Captain Polly who was tightrope walking the clothesline as they … Continue reading →

by Raji Sing Everyone knows the story of Johnny Hempseed. In the 18th Century, a high-minded Benjamin Franklin commissioned J. H. to sow hemp seed throughout the land to grow the fledgling nation’s cordage industry. The present day taxing bureaus … Continue reading →